Overclocking not working?

[vegurr]

I go into my BIOS and turn it the fuck up(OC), but when i check DxDiag and properties on computer it just shows 3.5/3.4~ GHz  (still shows its overclocked in bios?)

I got a MSI Z170A m5, I5 6600k, so overclocking should not be a problem.  

Why isnt it working? and yes I did save it

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, vegurr said:

I go into my BIOS and turn it the fuck up(OC), but when i check DxDiag and properties on computer it just shows 3.5/3.4~ GHz  (still shows its overclocked in bios?)

I got a MSI Z170A m5, I5 6600k, so overclocking should not be a problem.  

Why isnt it working? and yes I did save it

 

Did you save your Bios settings. If so try another piece of software to see if that recognises the OC

[vegurr]

1 minute ago, Ethan Meskin said:

Did you save your Bios settings. If so try another piece of software to see if that recognises the OC

software as in OS or another program?

[Guest]

Just now, vegurr said:

software as in OS or another program?

another program sorry

 

[vegurr]

checked with cinebench, also says 3,4, could it be a problem with the OS?

[Jurrunio]

6 minutes ago, vegurr said:

checked with cinebench, also says 3,4, could it be a problem with the OS?

Use CPU-Z. Cinebench doesn't read your actual frequency

[Krillingt75961]

As others have said, use CPU-Z. Also you can view it in the Task Manager. They should both look something like what I have posted.

[vegurr]

12 hours ago, Krillingt75961 said:

As others have said, use CPU-Z. Also you can view it in the Task Manager. They should both look something like what I have posted.

On CPU-Z its 3.9 GHz, windows says 3.37 GHz

[Krillingt75961]

12 hours ago, vegurr said:

On CPU-Z its 3.9 GHz, windows says 3.37 GHz

Sounds like the OC isn't wanting to stick at all. Watch a guide for your board and you should be able to figure it out. Might be one setting that is causing it that you have overlooked.